Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East, with a sketch of the state and prospects of Syria under Ibrahim pasha, Tom 2 |
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... vast Drain on the Po- pulation for Soldiers --The arbitrary Acts of the Government- The Monopolies - The present State of Commerce - The enormous Expenditure of the Government - The Insecurity of the Pasha's Position The Necessity of a ...
... vast Drain on the Po- pulation for Soldiers --The arbitrary Acts of the Government- The Monopolies - The present State of Commerce - The enormous Expenditure of the Government - The Insecurity of the Pasha's Position The Necessity of a ...
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Charles Greenstreet Addison. A WILD TURK . 5 blue peak appeared , while the vast range of mountains were thrown back in deep shade ; and on the opposite side the sunbeams sparkled on the waters , and shone on the minarets , castle , and ...
Charles Greenstreet Addison. A WILD TURK . 5 blue peak appeared , while the vast range of mountains were thrown back in deep shade ; and on the opposite side the sunbeams sparkled on the waters , and shone on the minarets , castle , and ...
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... vast expanse of sea far be- low . We passed several Druse villages , surrounded by neat vineyards and well cultivated land ; the men appeared a hardy and healthy race , and the women with the tantoura , or large horn of silver or copper ...
... vast expanse of sea far be- low . We passed several Druse villages , surrounded by neat vineyards and well cultivated land ; the men appeared a hardy and healthy race , and the women with the tantoura , or large horn of silver or copper ...
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... vast district , the Cole- syria of the Greeks , possesses a fine soil , capable of cultivation during the rainy season , and a consi- derable portion might be irrigated by the river Litane , which flows through it , could the inhabit ...
... vast district , the Cole- syria of the Greeks , possesses a fine soil , capable of cultivation during the rainy season , and a consi- derable portion might be irrigated by the river Litane , which flows through it , could the inhabit ...
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... vast masses are so beautifully joined together , without cement , that the point of a penknife cannot be inserted between them . These last stand quite away from the citadel , forming a huge wall of single stones in front of it ...
... vast masses are so beautifully joined together , without cement , that the point of a penknife cannot be inserted between them . These last stand quite away from the citadel , forming a huge wall of single stones in front of it ...
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Abu Obeidah antient appearance army arrived Aurelian Baalbec Bagdad Barrada bath bazaars beautiful Bedouin Arabs Beirout blue Caled Caliph CALIPHS OF DAMASCUS called camels Christian colonnade columns Corinthian order covered Damascenes Damascus dark delightful Derar desert divan dragoman dress dromedaries Druse Emir Beshir emperor encampment Farren feet foliage Gallienus gardens gate gateway grand Greek hands head horses hour Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants journey Lebanon lofty looking magnificent marble Maronites Mervan morning mosque mountains mounted Mussulman night Odenatus ornamented Palmyra Palmyreneans Palmyrenes party passed pipes plain portico possess prayer present rest rich richly river Roman round ruins Saracens says scene seen Sheikh shouted side siege of Damascus solitary stones stream sunset surrounded Syria Tadmor taieeb temple tent thou told tomb town Trebellius Pollio trees tribe vast village of Tadmor walked walls whole wild women Zenobia Zosimus καὶ
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Strona 96 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Strona 237 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Strona 207 - And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he hasted to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Strona 53 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
Strona 176 - Praise be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful; the King of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of Thee do we beg assistance.
Strona 237 - So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful, That God alone was to be seen in heaven.
Strona 79 - Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed ? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high ? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Strona 134 - And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth...
Strona 340 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield.
Strona 154 - When the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart as dew along the flower...